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Not in the clamor of the crowded street, not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves, are triumph and defeat.--Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

REDIRECT ALERT! (Scroll down past this mess if you're trying to read an archived post. Thanks. No, really, thanks.)

Due to my inability to control my temper and complacently accept continued silliness with not-quite-as-reliable-as-it-ought-to-be Blogger/Blogspot, your beloved Possumblog will now waddle across the Information Dirt Road and park its prehensile tail at http://possumblog.mu.nu.

This site will remain in place as a backup in case Munuvia gets hit by a bus or something, but I don't think they have as much trouble with this as some places do. ::cough::blogspot::cough:: So click here and adjust your links. I apologize for the inconvenience, but it's one of those things.

Friday, January 18, 2002

When I first started this blog last month, I posted an entry in which I had corresponded with James Lileks and solicited his opinion on the rapid rise of blogging, and specifically why there seemed to be so many good blog sites and so few really bad ones. I noted that there was a marked contrast to the various bulletin board sites, where civil discourse is as rare as steak Tartar. Well, I reckon I must have screwed everything up. I know you have seen the anti-warblog columns by Tim Cavanaugh and Justin Raimondo. Looks like the blogging medium now has its own brand of trolls. I blame myself—I had to ask where the stupid people are.

Such piles of blustage are usually the realm of the Yahoo!News discussion boards. All I can say to the anti-idiots is DNFTT.

posted by Terry at 3:55:00 PM

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